The vicar launched into another three-hour [проповедь] .

sermon

How could she be so [безответственный, ненадёжный] ?

irresponsible

His hand [тряслась] with pain.

throbbed

Recently, her health seems to have [ухудшилось] sharply.

deteriorated degenerated worsened

In Kafka's story, Gregor Samsa becomes a large [жуком, тараканом] .

beetle

The disaster left her completely [оцепенелой] , no feelings whatsoever.

numb numbed paralyzed paralysed

In those days, [притеснение, дискриминация] of the poor was routine.

oppression

The officers all assembled in their [неразберихе, беспорядке] .

mess

Saith the preacher, "All is [суета] ".

vanity

His [почка] transplant went better than expected.

kidney

But who would [поверит, доверится] in such a sleazy character?

confide

Her answer lay [набросан, быстро написан] on a slip of paper.

scribbled scrawled

The waves rolled [постоянно, без остановок] onto the pebbly beach.

endlessly ceaselessly unceasingly

The hunter could see his [жертву] grazing in the meadow below.

quarry victims

The EC continues to [субсидировать] certain agricultural products.

subsidize subsidise

It was claimed to be an ancient [языческие] rite.

pagan heathen

She [скользила] through the crowd with a disdainful smile.

glided

The deer are back in the [фруктовом саду] .

orchard

Rather than look at the carnage, we [отвели] our eyes.

averted

Still, he's not [невежда, неуч, недоучка] .

illiterate

Info: "An illiterate" (as a noun) is also possible.